CONTENTS
WINTER - JANUARY 2020
TOP FEATURES - INNOVATION & EXCELLENCE
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We are North Florida College
Sentinel Scholars Collegiate Academy
IN EVERY ISSUE
3 Message from the President
4 Message from the Foundation Director
STEM SEALs: $1.1 Million NSF Grant
NEW NFC Live Oak Location Opens
Career and Workforce Education
NFC FOUNDATION - SENTINELS STAND TOGETHER
10 Parker Poe Charitable Trust Donation
Kate Ireland Simulation Laboratory
16 Suwannee County Scholarships
20 Edward K. Roberts Scholarship
21 Tammy Monlyn Memorial Scholarship
22 Ann M. Vickers Establishes Scholarship
23 Capital City Bank Supports Education
NFC STUDENTS - CAMPUS LEADERS
18 Peer Tutors Make Positive Impact
29 SGA: Student Government Leaders
CAMPUS NEWS - ACCOLADES AND HONORS
22 Jimmy Norris: Friend to the College
24 2019 Outstanding Educator Award
25 NFC Among Aspen Prize Top 150
28 NFC is a “Great College to Work For”
We create hope.
Hope for a better future.
Hope that big dreams can be achieved
through a series of small steps.
North Florida College is a place of many
firsts — first generation students and first
strides to the opportunities of tomorrow.
We deliver a modern education experience
across a campus that feels like home.
We are bound together for community
and push boundaries to create a better
quality of life. To hold fast and to further
the dreams of those who seek to better
themselves. Because education is the
guardian against stagnation. And when
you pass through our walls, you will leave
different than you arrived.
Sentinels stand together.
ON THE COVER The NFC campus photographed by Jay Blanton, The Georgia Photography Fanatic, in early March 2019.
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